Gestorben Translation Quotes & Sayings

George Orwell was right. There's no greater genius as far as I'm concerned in terms of understanding human nature. I think that a lot of people just believe anything you tell them, and no matter what it is, they just go along with the program. They're perfectly happy to take their pill every day and do what they're told, and work and buy things, and work and buy things, and stay out of any complex emotional situations. And whatever the authorities tell them to do, they do, and whatever the authorities say is the truth, they believe is the truth. — George Lucas

The ancient Egyptians believed the god Anubis met each of us on the other side, and that he stood before a great scale on which our hearts were set. There each was weighed, tested, for its worth.
Was this the heart I wanted measured? — Victor LaValle

Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion. — Bernice Johnson Reagon

He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it. — Judy Garland

Through the grace of Christ we shall live in obedience to the law of God written upon our hearts. Having the Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even as He walked. — Ellen G. White

May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life. — Heber J. Grant

Because if you tell a lie when you are being eaten by a nearly dead queen, you are always struck dumb. — Colin Thompson

The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get on the page. — Ann Patchett

Jesus was a master of grace: he attracted sinners and moral outcasts even as he offended the religious and responsible people of his day. — Philip Yancey

Star Trek is perhaps the best thing that ever happened to me, in a career sense. — DeForest Kelley

All the things magicians do
Could be done by me and you
Freely, if we only knew. — C.S. Lewis

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If the question is, 'Do I wish I made thirty million dollars a year,' the answer is, 'You bet.' If the question is, 'Do I wish I could write like Tom Clancy,' the answer must remain, 'No.' — Christopher Buckley

I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences. — Zoe Lister-Jones

On Jan. 1, 2012, I resolved to not buy anything from Amazon for a year. — Maria Semple